justiciaries

Variant of justiciary

noun pl. justiciaries

  1. the chief political and judicial officer under the Norman and early Plantagenet kings
  2. Archaic one who administers justice, as a judge
  3. the jurisdiction of a justiciary

Origin: ME < ML justitiarius < L justitia: see justice

adjective

relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge
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